Import/export HS code 640399: Various types of footwear

Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized

Why this is important if you are looking for potential customers in the UK:

  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Viet Nam 306,152,638
Belgium 241,123,445
Italy 234,675,782
Germany 203,337,517
China 181,372,792

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Viet Nam 156,665,638 149,487,000 -7,178,638
Belgium 136,485,695 104,637,750 -31,847,945
Italy 121,302,004 113,373,778 -7,928,226
Germany 104,453,105 98,884,412 -5,568,693
China 95,681,744 85,691,048 -9,990,696
India 65,672,724 68,582,436 +2,909,712
France 63,646,667 61,345,025 -2,301,642
Indonesia 58,714,955 57,389,511 -1,325,444
Netherlands 38,293,945 34,359,630 -3,934,315
Spain 30,082,249 29,187,795 -894,454

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Viet Nam 553,930,168
Italy 259,725,831
China 258,552,998
Indonesia 228,108,258
India 194,734,379

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Viet Nam 293,755,023 260,175,145 -33,579,878
Italy 135,908,210 123,817,621 -12,090,589
China 133,497,860 125,055,138 -8,442,722
Indonesia 119,712,757 108,395,501 -11,317,256
India 101,833,174 92,901,205 -8,931,969
Portugal 55,387,610 52,203,068 -3,184,542
Germany 40,782,138 39,559,749 -1,222,389
Cambodia 26,218,967 31,464,247 +5,245,280
Spain 23,773,088 20,081,716 -3,691,372
Turkey 10,573,621 5,557,444 -5,016,177

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 351
Inner London - East 151
Greater Manchester 85
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 85
Surrey, East and West Sussex 75

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 267 276 +9
Inner London - East 110 120 +10
Greater Manchester 62 59 -3
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 72 66 -6
Surrey, East and West Sussex 58 62 +4
Outer London - West and North West 56 48 -8
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 37 37 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 41 +8
West Midlands 37 29 -8
West Yorkshire 41 29 -12

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 876,392,979
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 723,488,571
Other 193,259,318
Air transport 137,005,869
Road transport 17,652,725

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 467,600,208 408,792,771 -58,807,437
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 353,663,007 369,825,564 +16,162,557
Other 114,401,202 78,858,116 -35,543,086
Air transport 69,338,604 67,667,265 -1,671,339
Road transport 10,843,415 6,809,310 -4,034,105
Rail transport 0 11,362 +11,362

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Eurotunnel 427,818,149
Felixstowe 286,457,295
000 193,259,318
Southampton 164,653,156
Dover 163,305,324

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Eurotunnel 230,958,907 196,859,242 -34,099,665
Felixstowe 164,139,064 122,318,231 -41,820,833
000 114,401,202 78,858,116 -35,543,086
Southampton 86,661,834 77,991,322 -8,670,512
Dover 87,947,508 75,357,816 -12,589,692
Dover / Eurotunnel 74,098,711 81,903,187 +7,804,476
London Gateway Port 32,785,464 67,266,565 +34,481,101
Liverpool Docks 43,001,777 47,866,469 +4,864,692
London Heathrow Airport 31,171,738 29,170,564 -2,001,174
London 25,945,157 18,313,260 -7,631,897

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1088
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 425
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 64
Manufacture of leather and related products 43
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 34

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 410
2025-10 486
2025-09 493
2025-08 495
2025-07 459

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 630
0-1m 596
54m+ 272
Other 114
15m-54m 94

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
China 52,082,162
Italy 42,821,421
Ireland 30,444,948
France 30,014,400
Germany 26,475,906

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 27,078,374 25,003,788 -2,074,586
Italy 21,133,328 21,688,093 +554,765
Ireland 16,420,793 14,024,155 -2,396,638
France 15,120,862 14,893,538 -227,324
Germany 15,271,888 11,204,018 -4,067,870
Netherlands 8,338,611 9,016,102 +677,491
United States 8,237,188 6,120,262 -2,116,926
Belgium 8,449,167 4,710,689 -3,738,478
Sweden 11,182,857 1,399,985 -9,782,872
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 5,670,527 3,549,576 -2,120,951

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XU 4,387,401
India 2,782,037
China 2,477,202
Viet Nam 1,326,311
Tunisia 280,586

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XU 1,840,385 2,547,016 +706,631
India 1,428,619 1,353,418 -75,201
China 1,213,482 1,263,720 +50,238
Viet Nam 573,267 753,044 +179,777
Tunisia 146,848 133,738 -13,110
Brazil 149,840 116,731 -33,109
Cambodia 179,203 74,341 -104,862
Spain 105,155 34,564 -70,591
Bangladesh 57,069 56,624 -445
Germany 78,684 5,692 -72,992

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 155,220,108
Air transport 89,312,957
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 60,523,307
Other 12,395,002
Road transport 1,200,971

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 81,308,509 73,911,599 -7,396,910
Air transport 50,448,377 38,864,580 -11,583,797
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 33,220,032 27,303,275 -5,916,757
Other 5,906,099 6,488,903 +582,804
Road transport 1,182,444 18,527 -1,163,917

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 123,425,886
East Midlands Airport 47,951,577
London Heathrow Airport 30,050,834
Southampton 28,568,800
Felixstowe 23,198,267

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover / Eurotunnel 65,320,010 58,105,876 -7,214,134
East Midlands Airport 28,298,532 19,653,045 -8,645,487
London Heathrow Airport 16,424,363 13,626,471 -2,797,892
Southampton 12,017,333 16,551,467 +4,534,134
Felixstowe 17,596,917 5,601,350 -11,995,567
000 5,906,099 6,488,903 +582,804
Holyhead 5,929,447 5,696,172 -233,275
Dover 5,375,105 4,780,891 -594,214
London Gateway Port 2,047,839 4,347,579 +2,299,740
Immingham Docks 2,497,831 2,850,550 +352,719

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 640399

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Various styles of footwear not specifically categorized